Culture Review

Which of the following refers to the way of life of a people, including their beliefs and practices?

• Culture

• Cultural Landscape

• Cultural Diffusion

• Civilization

Which of the following refers to an environment shaped by people and technology?

• Culture

• Cultural Landscape

• Cultural Diffusion

• Civilization

Which of the following correctly identifies a trait of diffusion to a world religion?

• Sikhism: spreads primarily through relocation diffusion.

• Buddhism: spreads historically through traders and political power.

• Judaism: primarily found near and around hearths.

• Hinduism: spreads primarily through contagious diffusion.

• Christianity: spreads historically through military conquests and diasporas.

Which of the following best defines the concept of assimilation?

• When immigrants completely abandon their culture and adopt only the culture of the host society.

• The spread of cultural traits from a minority group into a dominating cultural group.

• Individuals come into contact with and other cultural traditions while retaining aspect of their original identity.

• A dominant culture forces immigrants to conform to its customs and traditions.

• Individuals adopt the behavior and values of a different, dominant culture.

The parts of a people's environment that they have shaped.

• acculturation

• cultural landscape

• cultural diffusion

• culture shock

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

• It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people in the world.

• It promotes regional diversity.

• It is more static (unchanging) than folk culture.

• It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places.

The American concept of representative democracy is an example of...

• material cultural trait

• non-material cultural trait

• invention

• innovation

Which is NOT part of material culture?

• Language

• Clothing

• Food

• Shelter

What is this an example of?

• Cultural Appropriate

• Civil War

• Assimilation

• Revolution

Answer explanation

The question asks for what the example represents from the provided options. The correct answer is 'Assimilation'. Assimilation is the process where an individual or group adopts the culture of another group, which is likely the context of the example in the question.

Folk culture is best described as

• customs found in large societies.

• destroying the uniform landscape.

• traditions that rapidly move across countries.

• customs that travel slowly and are often based in small rural areas.